China has imposed a 10-year commercial fishing ban on the Yangtze – the first ever for Asia’s longest river – in a bid to protect its aquatic life. Facing dwindling fish stocks and declining ...

Five members of the same family, including four children, drowned in the Yangtze River as a day out turned to tragedy in central China on Friday, a local newspaper reports. Mother Ding Jinfang had ...

A month-long heatwave and record low rainfall have resulted in an unprecedented drought along the Yangtze, China's longest river. Lakes and tributaries have receded as a result of the drought ...

Falling water levels of the Yangtze River in China has revealed a submerged island with three Buddhist statues believed to be 600 years old. Parts of the Yangtze - the world's third longest river ...

Families in Nanjing on their way to the scene of the ferry tragedy along the Yangtze River are angry about the lack of communication from local authorities. Skip to main content.

The Yangtze River region has seen its second highest rainfall in more than a half-century so far this year as deadly flooding strikes much of China. Around 28,000 homes have been damaged and 141 ...

A search and rescue operation was launched on the Yangtze river near Chongqing in southwest China on Oct. 28. The bus drove off the bridge, which is 160 feet above the river.